I will have a table in artist’s alley at New York Comic Con this Oct. Why would I mention that? you might ask. What would I see at your table Fred? I’m glad you asked, person I can’t see reading these words. Here is a page from Mirror World created and written by Thad Williams. Characters designed by me from Thad’s descriptions. It went two issues and the company went belly up.

Mirror World could have been set in New Mexico. Fred, why would you mention NM out of the blue like that? Why, this lets me bring up how the air force painting is going! I just have these brilliant segue. It’s sick, I know.

And speaking of cars…

2002 M2 BMW. Stopped in Mt Kisko, NY to pick up Mark Texeira (TEX) and then drove up to visit Mr. Travis Louie farther upstate. Along the way, I managed to hit a deer in the ear with the left headlight of the car. It put a dent in the trip.

Along the way, Tex’s cat demonstrated that death can also be a present to be laid on Tex’s doorstep.

More later!

“Warmed Staples” oil on panel. 18″ x 24″

Detail of “Warmed Staples”

Detail of “Eyes in the back of my ass”. The full painting is 8″ x 10″ oil on panel and gold leaf (unframed)  The colors are a little more vibrant on these paintings than shown here. Just saying.

I’m teasing the parts of the paintings for now. Hopefully I’m not aggravating  everyone with showing just parts. I want people who come to the gallery to enjoy the whole painting once they see the unedited originals. “Warmed Staples” as shown above is the whole painting. I think I need to show full paintings here and there. Last Rites will have them up soon.

I’m available for commissions of people and animals, just in case anyone was wondering.

Here are a few samples of art for my upcoming show at Last Rites Gallery Feb 6th.

This already sold. It was in a show at Society of Illustrators NY, “Our Own Show”. It was associated with a charity to benefit families.

Thinkspace Gallery “A Cry For Help” group show. Part of the money goes to the animals.

Last Rites Gallery “13th Hour”

Detail  for my 2 person show at Last Rites in Feb. More to come.

I’m always available for commissions.  Especially dogs of late. They are really fun to interpret!

So far I’m calling this one “One Way #101″ gouache on paper.

I want to start exploring  clown faces. Misdirection, they freak so many people out, yet I find myself staring at pictures of clowns when I see them. Gouache on paper.

I’m now a Manhattanite. I tried out Brooklyn for almost 19 years, and I thought it was time to try the next borough. I have a small group show coming up at Manhattan Classic Car Club Thurs. Sept. 24th. 250 Hudson St. I decided to have a group show with a real curator to organize it. Last year’s solo show almost killed me and I wasn’t really happy about the lack of promotion. It was all on me and I didn’t have the time to do it right. Samantha Levin and Danielle Ezzo are curating. They have a lot on the ball. Free booze at the opening naturally! Check out the artists here.

I’ll be attending the opening at Copro Nason Gallery July 11 for the group show “Monsters”. Travis Louie is the guest curator and there will be a bunch of great artists in the show as well. Here is a review at Erratic Phenomena.

The story of my visit to Travis’ place to frame and then mail my art to Copro Nason. I signed a 1968 Prsche 911 out of the car club. Picked up my friend Steve Ellis who was also in the show. A stick shift from 1968 while being well maintained at the club, is not a good car for a trip over 40 minutes. Ours lasted 3 hours. Because of traffic and getting lost and with breaks, it turned in to about 6. Had to give the old girl a break every now and then. After about 20 minutes on the highway, I realized I was going to have 3rd degree burns on my clutch ankle if I didn’t move it to a more uncomfortable spot above a metal bolt that magically blew piping hot air right at my foot.  There were no air vents, at least that worked, to dry out the windshield if it fogged up. We had to leave at least one window down even when it was drizzling or I’d be driving blind.  Shifting sucked! 1st gear was down and to the left. It was a hard gear to find especially when I had to down shit quickly. From 1st it was esy to shift it in to 4th gear by accident. The front hood which is the trunk, leaked. Fortunately I didn’t put anything that could be damaged by water there. I had a Molly Crabapple’s water color in there but I had wrapped it pretty tightly in plastic. Molly is also in the Copro show.

Once at Travis’ place he went in to framing mode and put us all to shame. I gave Mark Elliot a ride in the car as well. He was there dropping off art also. Travis took the back seat as Steve took the passenger side while I drove us on a supply run. I don’t know if Travis will ever get in a car like that again. It was a challenge to drive, but I actually enjoyed it.

I had a perfect weekend. Thurs. Paul Booth worked on my arm tattoo. Friday, I signed out a BMW z8 convertible, drove to East Stroudsburg and stayed in a bed and breakfast with my girl, Molly, and um , there was something… something else. Oh yeah, I JUMPED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE AT 13,000 FUCKING FEET! I didn’t jump, it was more of a plummet. At the entrance to the airstrip, I saved a 4 inch snapping turtle that seemed to have been confused between what a pond felt like and the middle of a road. I put him back and proceeded to what I thought would be my eventual “bone shattering sort of falling into earth death” with the calm that I saved a little snapping turtle. It was the most amazing experience I ever had. I fell around 120 mph horizontally and then drove a stretch of road at 120 mph in a vertical direction! Sunday we drove over to visit Ron English and he showed us around his studio and home and neighborhood.

At the car club.

2 hours before testing gravity.

That would be me in the blue suit throwing up… out?

That’s the Delaware Water Gap.

One of 6 still-life studies with gouache on Bristol. My favorite coffee cup.

As in the title of this post, this is called “Mind Roll”.

More art. Pencil with white gouache on paper.

I don’t want to post shitty pencil sketches… but I have an accumulating sketchpad full of them. Really ruff stuff still in the tumbler that is my head.

I took a Mini Cooper out to go visit my friends Mark Texeira, Travis Louie, and Mark Elliot. It was inspiring enough to hang out at Tex’s place, add Travis’ studio and brain blows a piston! Even Travis’ dog inspired me.

Elliot was visiting Travis when Tex and I arrived just in time for dinner. We just missed seeing all the work that is in Travis’ current show at Gallery 1988 in San Francisco. (a 4 person show) He sent everything out the day before. I should have been more aggressive getting everyone to pose for pictures. The few I took came out for crap. I won’t post shitty photos either!… Well, too late for that, I’m in a few already.

… on Park Ave.

… at the car club.

… we could be related.